Lines that stretch the lines struggling to survive
Tenebrous in tenebrae dark shadows thick alive
In the dark lies obscure words slip off us to bare
A meaning lingers a depth withheld a light care
Give yourself to me in a rhythm a little at a time
What you don't say, your body speaks in rhyme
I feel your shade upon me, black slow unknown
In waters of us deep-you are a with me-all alone
Conceal yourself upon me-quiet rich-hold a root
In the inner chambers thoughts on mine unmoot
As if the dark upon me--I see your black reshape
No light cracks our dawn, the dark kisses a nape
Dispelling in the soft-in the dark of you I can see
O clear dark shadow slowly show yourself to me
Some things bloom better, in a dark shade visible
Ah the dimness in us reaching yearning in a pull.
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 7:32 AM UTC
Lines that stretch the lines struggling to survive
Tenebrous in tenebrae dark shadows thick alive
In the dark lies obscure words slip off us to bare
A meaning lingers a depth withheld a light care
Give yourself to me in a rhythm a little at a time
What you don't say, your body speaks in rhyme
I feel your shade upon me, black slow unknown
In waters of us deep-you are a with me-all alone
Conceal yourself upon me-quiet rich-hold a root
In the inner chambers thoughts on mine unmoot
As if the dark upon me--I see your black reshape
No light cracks our dawn, the dark kisses a nape
Dispelling in the soft-in the dark of you I can see
O clear dark shadow slowly show yourself to me
Some things bloom better, in a dark shade visible
Ah the dimness in us reaching yearning in a pull.
Some days, it seems, are so tenebrous in the black as if the unknown subsumes us, and once absorbed, we can see nothing before us, with our hands outstretched, I feel your ways upon me, don't you agree you can almost kiss the night it is so thick, the memory in us so very rich.
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